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xv, 599 p. : ill. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Emanuele Occhipinti -- pt. I. Curricular innovations: ch. 1. Eliminating the "gap" through circular innovation / Janice M. Aski and Heather Webb -- ch. 2. Task-based instruction in intermediate Italian: a research-supported model / Tom Means -- ch. 3. What can be obtained from project work? A case study / Assunta Giuseppina Zedda -- ch. 4. The conversation hour: the making of an experiment / Simona Wright -- ch. 5. Teaching learnable grammar / Camilla Bettoni and Bruno Di Biase -- pt. II. Teaching Italian with technology: ch. 6. Enhancing the student experience through technology: making language learning more meaningful through a department VLE / Clella Boscolo, Alison Davies, Kelly Smith -- ch. 7. Azione! Teaching listening skills through video: a web-based program of film and television segments designed for Italian language courses at Yale University / Amelia Moser -- ch. 8. Confronting new technologies: a cross-cultural telecollaborative project across the ocean / Silvia Carlorossi, Francesca Helm, Nicoletta Marini-Maio, Kathryn K. McMahon -- ch. 9. Podcasting and iPod in teaching and learning Italian language, culture and literature: a research study at Universite de Montreal, Canada / Jacqueline Samperi Mangan -- pt. III. Teaching Italian translation: ch. 10. Teaching Italian translation: a challenge / Luciana d'Arcangeli -- ch. 11. Translation in teaching Italian as L2: evolution or involution? / Sandro Sciutti -- ch. 12. Words don't come easy ... especially during exams! The importance of adopting a didactic translation methodology in the context of the 2001 Italian university reform / Maria Cristina Cignatta -- ch. 13. Teaching Italian as a foreign language for academic and professional purposes. Juridical and informative language. Teaching suggestions for students and legal professionals / Manuela Visigalli -- pt. IV. Teaching Italian culture: ch. 14. Visual literacy: teaching Italian culture through images / Daniela Bartalesi-Graf -- ch. 15. A visual socio-cultural approach to Italian women's studies / Flavia Laviosa -- ch. 16. Building an intercultural identity in a cross-cultural transition: a short term stay case study / Barbara Spinelli, Roberto Dolci -- ch. 17. Evaluating cultural proficiency in an upper level Italian culture course / Romana Capek-Habekovic, Sandra Palaich -- ch. 18. Cultural acquisition and language learning: the IVC, Chiavi di Lettura Project / Christine Ristaino, Judith Raggi-Moore -- ch. 19. From the past to the present: history of the Italian culture / Nicla Reverso -- pt. IV. Teaching Italian culture through film: ch. 20. Italian language and culture in close-up: using film at all levels of proficiency / Kerstin Pilz -- ch. 21. Teaching visual thinking, in and out of the Italian canon / Thomas Erling Peterson -- ch. 22. Memory on the margins: reflections on Italy (1938-1943) in Scola's Una giornata particolare & Ozpetek's La finestra di fronte / Mary Ann McDonald Carolan -- pt. VI. Teaching Italian culture through songs: ch. 23. Teaching Italian culture through songs: "non solo canzonette" / Paola Vettorel -- ch. 24. Italian freaks and punks: history of Italian culture from 1950s to 2005 retold by protest songs / Silvia Boero. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
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Italian language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers.
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Italian language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers -- Case studies.
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Italy -- Civilization -- Study and teaching.
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Italy -- Civilization -- Study and teaching -- Case studies.
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Italy -- Social life and customs -- Study and teaching.
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Italy -- Social life and customs -- Study and teaching -- Case studies.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Occhipinti, Emanuele.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781847186386 (hbk.) |
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1847186386 (hbk.) |
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9781443802345 (electronic bk.) |
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